And suddenly, you are one. And I turn one today, too, in a way. Because
like that saying goes, "when a
child is born, so is a mother." When I didn't know what to do, when I felt
like I was a little lost and not sure how it all worked, I remembered
that we were both learning, we were both on that same exact path, from
the very beginning.

There are so many amazing moments from the past year that I
couldn't even begin to summarize them into a paragraph, a page, a novel.
But what I will say is this: when I first saw you, when your Daddy held
you up next to me so I could see your sweet face, I felt my entire world shift to make you the center.

You
laugh hard and smile often. It's hard to believe it's been an entire year since you made your way into this world because you've already
touched so many lives and brought smiles to so many faces. You're truly
our light and I thank the Lord every single day that He chose me to
be your mama.